Park Avenue & East 85th Street

Park Avenue and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Park Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) stands 130 feet away, and South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
E 86 St/Lexington Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
36 places
10 schools, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    750 feet
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 77 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 86 St/Lexington Av, 520 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 86 St/Lexington Av M86 SBS
    520 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 84 St & Park Ave 45 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    600 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1925.

  1. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Ramaz Middle School
    340 feet
  3. Regis High School Landmark
    410 feet
Show all 13
  1. Ramaz Lower School
    450 feet
  2. Loyola School Landmark
    520 feet
  3. St Ignatius Loyola School
    650 feet
  4. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  5. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    990 feet
  6. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  7. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,280 feet
  8. Dalton School
    1,280 feet
  9. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    1,310 feet
  10. Marymount School of NY School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Ancient Playground
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    420 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    710 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,040 feet
  2. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    1,250 feet
  3. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 10/Engine 22/Ladder 13 Fire station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    850 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 85th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.